SMILE

Zoe had her braces taken off today ! YEAH ! What a beautiful smile. She had them on a little under a year. They put a permanent retainer behind her front teeth and fitted her for a retainer she will wear at night!The pictures are of her signing the "Wall of Fame " at the orthodontist office and her posing with Doctor Montgomery. Then we picked up Adam and went out for lunch at Zoe's favorite Chinese restaurant Panda Express.
We also received the home study today via FedEx and took that downtown to the Secretary of State's office to be authenticated. You can tell we don't get downtown much. It was an adventure for the kids. They were amazed at all the skyscrapers and the inside of the building. Zoe asked if we would be seeing the President .Anyway..I have updated the sidebar with our new time line updates. Bye for now!
Bambi:)
P.S. I forgot to add that we FedExed the homestudy to Wasatch. So.. All dossier documents are into the agency !!! mission completion. They are working on getting the documents translated and then they are sent to the Haitian Consulate, in Chicago, for yet another round of authentication.Things are a movin'! Keep Praying!!

Christmas

Hello, hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!We've posted pictures below in our smilebox of all the holiday fun. Even though I've enjoyed the holiday break, I am looking forward to the start of the new year. BRING ON 2009 !
Bambi:)

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Almost There

Yesterday, I took all the dossier documents , minus the home study , for county verification and state authentication. Everything went very smoothly. Much easier than trying to drive around and finish my Christmas shopping yesterday ! I took everything to kinkos and made an exact copy and then packaged it up to be fedexed. When I returned home, I realized the agency is closed for the remainder of the week.So panicked I called fedex. Luckily they had not sent it and I was able to go pick it up today. I will be mailing out this weekend !I was also notified today that my home study agency was not able to get the home study verified this week due to icy road conditions and the holidays.They said they will be able to get it verified and mailed to me Monday.Will it ever end ? I'm not sure .But I am still determined to get this paperwork in by the 7th.It is Christmas Eve and Adam is sick with Strep throat. We have canceled Christmas Eve here with my family and will be traveling up to my mom's house to spend the evening and open presents.My hope is that Adam can rest and feel better for Christmas Day. Keep praying for us. We need the prayers and encouragement.Pray that the home study would get here at the beginning of the week and I can take it downtown for authentication and off to Wasatch. Pray there would not be any more delays in getting the dossier done. Merry Christmas to everyone and your families !
Bambi:)
PS I forgot to add that now that the home study has been completed we were able to file for the I6OOA renewal.I have updated it in the sidebar. This goes to USCIS (immigration ) for advanced orphan processing.

Healing Art Missions

My step dad ran in to an old friend who's daughter happens to take several trips to Haiti a year for missions. She is a doctor who has a family practice in Granville, Ohio.They have a group of professionals who together with the community raise funds to provide medical care and other supplies to the people of Haiti. I put the link to the website in the sidebar under Haiti links.It is sooo cool how God connects us to other people .
Bambi:)

Getting Closer

Well folks, we are getting down to the nitty gritty on the paperwork! We had our medicals done Wednesday and all went well. The doctor's office is now keeping all the medical records on computers as well as doctor/nurse notes.So with all this advanced technology he was able to type up our medical letter right there in the room with us.We should be able to pick it up as soon as the test results from our required blood work are back.At the same time we were able to complete the medical paperwork required for our homestudy and get that scanned over to the social worker.I'm telling you , I have really begun to appreciate technology throughout this process!After the homestudy is reviewed as well as our dossier documents, we will be getting everything verified at the county level and then onto the state for authentication.Please pray that the paperwork would be wrapped up soon so we can move forward to this next step.Please pray that God would continue to remove the obstacles before us and to lead us through this process.Please pray that we would persevere and that his timing throughout this process would be perfect.Thanks:)
Bambi

Etsy Store

Please check this online store out. This is a store that sells handmade items to raise money for the Hope For Little Angels of Haiti Orphanage.That is Callia's orphanage!All proceeds go to help provide food and medical supplies for the children.You can check out her blog at, countdowntohomecoming.blogspot.com, she has some pictures up of the orphanage as well. Very Cool!!!!The link to the Etsy store and Hope for Little Angels of Haiti are posted in the sidebar of this page.Check it out!
Bambi:)